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Recent Projects

"Story Map" of Aviation Expansion in Indonesia - Global Anti Aerotropolis Movement (GAAM)A descriptive interactive map has been developed for GAAM to high light the large numbers of airport expansions and developments in Indonesia. Combining an interactive map with images and in depth accounts of the struggles of local peopletoprotect theirhomes andlivelihoods,thisinteractivemapisagreatexampleofhowtobring yourinformation tolifeusing ESRI's ArcGIS online services.

Waste Management Integration - RWSP

InTouch GIS Services has been providing GIS support to
RWSP LLP on two confidential Local Partnership studies, running in parallel,
examining the options for waste management integration for two local authority
areas. The studies delivered strategic cost and performance modelling of
alternative waste collection & recycling options and joint service delivery
models, and GIS mapping of depot and asset sharing opportunities as part of
LP’s wider studies. Work involved detailed data gathering, modelling and
interpretation, and was delivered through a series of officer workshops in
which options were tested and validated. The work is ongoing and will
inform strategic policy and future

To help promote Bradford University's MBA in the Circular Economy, InTouch GIS Services provided a world map with the location and number of students from around the world that participate in this innovative course. The course is run in conjunction with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation with who InTouch GIS Services shares office space at the Re:Centre.

Ecological and Habitat Mapping - BIOME ConsultingInTouch
GIS Services is pleased to be involved in providing mapping services to BIOME
Consulting, a new specialist ecological consultancy providing ecological
monitoring and assessment for the renewables, infrastructure and minerals &
conservation sectors. Recent work has included Phase 1 habitat mapping for
proposed solar farms and advice on ornithological collision risk assessments
for windfarms.

Bare Peat Analysis - Moors for the Future

In supportofa majorprojectby Moors for the Future to haltpeaterosion in theSouthernPennineMoors,InTouchGISServicesundertooka large areaanalysisofthe extent of barepeatusingcurrentandhistorical aerial imageryfrom2004to2014.Imageclassification analysisidentifiedlandcover typesforvariousyears and allowed changes in bare peat coverage to be mapped.

Environmental Risk Assessment and Site Assessment Reports - Gloucester City CouncilAs
part of Gloucester City Councils transfer of housing to a local housing
association, InTouch GIS Services and Eden NE have undertaken a
comprehensive environmental risk assessment of 6,500 properties
and other assets that are being transferred. The assessment covered
risks from potentially contaminated land, subsidence, flooding, radon
gas invasive plant species. As part of the wider asset assessment, a
large number of potential development sites were also assessed and
detailed site reports produced identifying suitability for development.

Mapping Badger Cull ZonesInTouch GIS Services has recently completed a mapping exercise for Ethical Consumer in support of their anti-badger cull campaign focusing on the badger cull zones in Somerset and Gloucestershire. Anna Clayton from Ethical Consumer says "InTouch GIS Services were very enthusiastic and brilliant at laying
out our various options and associated costs of how to approach our mapping
exercise of the badger cull zones. InTouch GIS Services were easy to contact
and discuss ideas with, very efficient in terms of completing the work, and
produced a high quality report that will hopefully spur our campaign and
research onwards." You can read their report which includes the maps InTouch GIS has produced here - http://badgeractionnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Inside-the-Badger-Cull-Zones.pdf

GIS Project Support - SAC Consulting

InTouch GIS Services has been contracted to provide GIS project support services for SAC Consulting (Edinburgh)

Environmental Risk Assessment of Propeties and Land - Durham County Council

As
part of Durham County Councils transfer of housing to local housing
associations, InTouch GIS Services and Eden NE have undertaken a
comprehensive environmental risk assessment of nearly 19,000 properties
and other assets that are being transferred. The assessment covers such
issues as risk from potentially contaminated land, subsidence, flooding
and radon gas and how this affects each individual property. A large number of local authority data sources were integrated into a single GIS system as aprt of this assessment, including property and land terrrier information, locations of past industrial sites, geoglogical and flood zone information.

InTouch GIS services undertook an assessment of housing distribution based on two locations in Malawi. Using Google Earth and other GIS software, all properties lying within 5km (in 1km buffer zones) of a centre site were located and mapped. This provided detailed information on housing distribution aiding the planning of house maintenance and buildnig programmes. Ben Cole, environmental health consultant with UNICEF Malawi says "I was impressed with InTouch's ability to add-value to the mapping project (particularly the inclusion of summary tables).
The maps speak for themselves - they are first rate".

Central Queensland Waste Strategy Technical Support

Working with Jacobs SKM, InTouch GIS undertook spatial analysis for the Central Queensland Waste Strategy, helping to revise the area plan for waste site facilties. InTouch GIS mapped the location of site facilties using a combination of client supplied data and detailed examination of satellite imagery to identify the exact location of all existing waste sites whtin 4 counties of Queensland, Australia. Shortest route and site optimization analysis was undertaken to inform the development of the waste strategy, identifying optimised locations for centralised waste facilties as well as the distribution of household waste generation.

PinPoint Training - Introduction to MapInfo Training

A
successful 1 day "Introduction to MapInfo" course was delivered on
behalf of PinPoint training in Leicester to representatives of
Leicestershire County Council Emergency Planning team. The course
covered the basics of using Mapinfo including using data from
spreadsheets and map production.

Treesponsibility - Hebden Water Catchment Management
Plan

Treesponsibility, working with the Environment Agency and Calderdale Council,
are working to produce an integrated catchment management plan for the Hebden
Water catchment above Hebden
Bridge. Identifying areas
for suitable land management (tree planting, appropriate moorland management,
track maintenance) will help reduce risk of flooding in the area. InTouch
was commissioned to compile relevant spatial datasets for the area, creating a
map identifying key land management and environmental issues.

Turning Point - Database Design and MS Access ConsultancyTurning Point is a national health and social care provider and required a database to aid the creation of funding bids. The "Excellent Answers Database", based around an MS Access platform is now in use by both the Mental Health and Learning Disabilities teams. InTouch provided advice and training to Turning Point staff to help them develop their own in-house database, advising on database structures and technical issues surrounding MS Access.

Keep Slaithwaite Special Community Group - Population Analysis and Census Mapping"Keep Slaithwaite Special" is a community group set up to promote and encourage the thriving community and local economy of Slaithwaite Village. Their latest campaign relating to a proposed new retail development in the village centre required independent analysis and mapping of local population profiles in the area. Using the latest 2011 census data, InTouch was able to provide detailed population and household profiling of the catchment area of new development.

Plymouth
City Council – Environmental Risk Assessment of Social Housing

InTouch GIS services, in partnership with Eden, have recently completed an
environmental risk assessment of over 16,500 properties for Plymouth City
Council. Using GIS to integrate housing, environmental and historical data,
each individual property was assessed for risks posed by contaminated land and
radon gas and financial calculations made to ascertain potential insurance
cover needed. Graeme Merry managing the housing stock transfer process on behalf of Plymouth City Council says "“InTouch and Eden have produced a high quality and well presented report
delivered within agreed timescales”

WRAP – Dorset Waste Partnership
Bulky Waste Collection

A spatial analysis of potential demand for bulky waste
collection services across the Dorset waste
partnership area was undertaken based on household locations and densities. A
review of existing waste collection depots was informed by undertaking a ‘Travel
time analysis’ to identify the most suitable depot locations to centralise the
collection services. Road network data from the Ordnance Survey Integrated
Transport Network (ITN) and the Local
Land and Property Gazetteer
were a key part of this analysis.

SAC Consulting - ArcGIS Training

ArcGIS training relating to increased productivity in map production and spatial data management.

‘In hiring
In Touch – GIS Services, we were provided with a professional and
personalised GIS training session which was highly rewarding. In a
short session, Jonathan delivered a comprehensive and enthusiastic
response to our technical queries and was also help
suggest improved processes to help improve efficiency at work. Overall,
the service received was practical and friendly; I would not hesitate
to return to Jonathan for future training opportunities.’ Adele Dundas - SAC Consulting

Gwynedd Council Waste Analysis - Travel Time and Catchment Area analysis.
Analysis of travel times for waste collection vehicles from depots in
North Wales and the number of households serviced. Comparison of depot
catchment areas for proposed depot distribution and the effects this
will have on waste collection services. Haulage times to transport the
waste from the depot locations to the waste tips were also analysed for
the current and future scenarios.

Calla Wind Farm - Ornithological Collision Risk Assessment.
Collision risk assessment for pink footed geese and other sensitive
bird species for proposed windfarm development in Scotland. Involved
digitising bird flight lines from survey map sheets, integration with
spreadsheet data, and analysis of flight time within proximity to wind
turbines. 'Viewsheds' or 'Viewable areas' were calculated from vantage
points to identify how much of the windfarm site was visible from the
bird survey locations and flight lines were analysed to calculate the
amount of time individual bird species were present within an 'at risk'
area of the wind turbines.

Dublin Docks- GIS Data file conversion and IntegrationClients
MapInfo large scale mapping tiles were converted to ArcGIS shape files
and merged together to provide a more usable single background mapping
layer from the 36 individual tiles originally provided.